The 50s
This film should be required viewing for all girls and young women to warn them about the dangers of regressing to a repressive society.
shareSorry, ole boy. Please explain your very silly statement.
shareIf you can't understand such a simple concept I don't think any level of explanation will help you.
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All religions are fairy tales.
It should be pretty easy for ANYONE to understand, you're the one whose statement is "silly".
Siri
Don't Make Me Have to Release the Flying Monkeys!
"silly statement"
It's not really a silly statement. The person is commenting on what society was like then. It was horrifying for a young, unmarried woman to become pregnant then. There was a terrible stigma against it. Abortions were not legal. Her only other choice was to go to a home for unwed mothers, give birth, and give the baby up for adoption. This poster is saying that women need more choices, which is what things are like now.
It wasn't just the 50's either. My older sister got knocked up by a guy when she was in high school in 1973. It was considered a disaster by my parents and relatives, the shame was incredible. My sister was taken out of school as soon as they found out, sent away to an aunt who lived in California (we lived in New Jersey at the time) and she gave up the baby for adoption. As far as I know, she's never had any contact with the child.
That was the Swingin' 70's, to have that happen in the 1950's was much much worse.
For real! I got married at 18 in 1977 just so my parents wouldn't find out I was "living in sin." I had an apartment near the college, and my boyfriend moved in with me. My parents would have been horrified, even though I was supporting myself not not using their money. Then like an idiot I ran out of pills for one month and got pregnant at 19.
When my children were young teens I made them watch every movie that came on TV about teenage pregnancy. Now my kids are 27 and 37, and I still have no grandchildren. They listened a little too well.